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Amends clause (ii) and clause (iii) punctuation and adds a new clause (iv) defining a covered vessel as one that transports passengers between ports or places in the United States to which the coastwise laws apply, either directly or via a foreign port.
Repeals section 12121 of title 46, United States Code.
Changes to Title 46 make clear that vessels carrying passengers between U.S. ports are covered by the listed statutory provision even when the trip includes a stop at a foreign port. The bill edits punctuation in the existing clause, adds the new clause to explicitly include those passenger-carrying voyages, repeals a related statutory provision, and states that the change does not create broader exemptions from other U.S. laws unless the text says so.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced July 30, 2025 by Mike Lee · Last progress July 30, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate